I was loading up my web page with my standard stories about power, preparatory to being away from the web for only overnight, and I missed a gorgeous sunrise.

I could think all day, and there will be more storms in the Gulf, but there will never be another sunrise just like this one, and I’ve been waiting and waiting every morning to see it. Rule number one of the story of power. Recognize whoever is bigger than you are. Sunrises are way up there. The ecosystem has a power far greater than I can hope to control. Even the computer has a power greater than I can hope to control. You will have to turn your head if you want to see the picture.

So, you say, I could get hold of Airport and take my computer out on the front porch to do both at the same time. And I still would have missed it, wouldn’t I.